8/10/2021

Marvel’s Next Breakthrough Characters

Building on over 80 years of success, Marvel is looking to introduce 2 new characters to captivate a new generation of audiences.

Marvel’s Most Succesful Characters

Number of Appearances

  • Issues with characters that were introduced earlier in time.

Appearances over Time

  • Measuring using first appearnace

Marvel’s Top 10 Characters by Total Appearance

Marvel’s Top 10 Characters by Total Appearance

Name Total Appearances Date of 1st Appearance Year of 1st Appearance
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 4043 Aug-62 1962
Captain America (Steven Rogers) 3360 Mar-41 1941
Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) 3061 Oct-74 1974
Iron Man (Anthony "Tony" Stark) 2961 Mar-63 1963
Thor (Thor Odinson) 2258 Nov-50 1950
Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616) 2255 Nov-61 1961
Reed Richards (Earth-616) 2072 Nov-61 1961
Hulk (Robert Bruce Banner) 2017 May-62 1962
Scott Summers (Earth-616) 1955 Sep-63 1963
Jonathan Storm (Earth-616) 1934 Nov-61 1961

Marvel’s Top 10 Character Appearance per Year

Name Total Appearances Average Appearance Per Year Date of 1st Appearance Year of 1st Appearance
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 4043 68.53 Aug-62 1962
Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) 3061 65.13 Oct-74 1974
Iron Man (Anthony "Tony" Stark) 2961 51.05 Mar-63 1963
Captain America (Steven Rogers) 3360 42.00 Mar-41 1941
Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616) 2255 37.58 Nov-61 1961
Reed Richards (Earth-616) 2072 34.53 Nov-61 1961
Hulk (Robert Bruce Banner) 2017 34.19 May-62 1962
Scott Summers (Earth-616) 1955 33.71 Sep-63 1963
Ororo Munroe (Earth-616) 1512 32.87 May-75 1975
Jonathan Storm (Earth-616) 1934 32.23 Nov-61 1961

What Factors Make a Great Character?

Are there certain factors that influence appreances?

The dataset offers information on various characteristics:

-Sex

-Gender/Sexuality

-Eyes

-Hair

-Good/Evil/Neutral Alignment

-Life Status

Summary of Individual Factors

Number of Distinct Characteristics
Sex 4
Alignment 3
Gender/Sexuality 7
Alive/Deceased 2
Hair Color 26
Eye Color 23